Seeing danger signs in your marriage
When a couple is stuck in a negative pattern, even the slightest action can turn into an explosive eruption. For most couples who come for marriage therapy, they realize that they are not able to get out of it on their own. This acceptance is a first step to identify the problem behind the pattern, and then develop a plan for change that involves creating a new way to connect with each other.
Read about the ingredients of a conflict are mostly similar with most couples in a negative pattern. In most cases, one partner criticizes or blames, and another defends or withdraws. For some couples both partners go into an attack mode, with one or both eventually retreating. In the worst cases, both partners stop attacking, but in a withdrawal state, the relationship is on life support.
How Often Do Couples Fight and When You Should Be Concerned
Fights and disagreements are part of any relationship. No matter how much you get along with and love each other, fights are bound to happen at some point. Some couples seem to fight more frequently than others and a few others seem like they rarely do. How often do couples fight? And when is it no longer healthy for your relationship?
Stages of Grief if You Have a Cheating Spouse
What if the reason you cannot move forward has nothing to do with weakness? The stages of grief divorce cheating triggers look nothing like what anyone expects. The books talk about anger and healing. Closure and moving forward. They skip the part where you stand in your kitchen at 2 AM, replaying a text message […]
What are the top 10 warning signs of an affair?
Finding out your partner or spouse is having an affair is one of the worst fears to face. Suspicions alone can’t be taken as evidence that they are cheating on you. However, unless mistrust is one of your key areas of sensitivity that your brain may be magnifying, you may be picking up on something that needs to be addressed with your spouse. If you think there’s a legitimate reason to be concerned, it’s better to find out the truth and address it rather than live in ignorance.
Couples Therapy or Divorce? How to Decide When You’re Tired of Trying
You did not type “should we get divorced.” You typed couples therapy or divorce. That small word in the middle, the word “or,” tells me something important about where you are right now. Part of you is still asking whether the marriage is salvageable. Part of you is preparing for the answer to be no. […]
Gottman Certified Therapist? Get Help from an Expert
Are you struggling in your marriage or love relationship? Do you and your partner have trouble communicating, fight a lot, or feel like you’ve grown apart? If so, you might be able to solve your problems by going to a Certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist for help. Gottman Method Couples Therapy is an approach to couples therapy […]
